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R. BGHEZZI. UMBRELLA GASING.

i Patented Mar; .2', 1886.l

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WITNIS I NTTEE STATES PATENT OEETCE.

ROMEO ERNESTO GHEZZI, OF NEVV-YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND VIRGILO DEL GENOVESE, OF SAME PLACE.

UlVlBRELLA-CASING.

SECEFICAEMDIT forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,145, dated March 2, 1886` Application filed March 16,1865. Serial No. 159,104. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, RoMEo ERNESTO GHEZZI, of the city, county, and State `of New York, have invented a newand Improved Umbrella` Casing, ot'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved casing or shell for umbrellas when the same are closed, which shell holds t-he frame and covering of the umbrella together very compactly, is always at hand, can be applied and removed very easily and rapidly, and serves as a drip-cup for the water `running down from the umbrella.

The invention consists in the combination, with an umbrella, of a telescopic casing for surrounding the umbrella when the same is A folded.

The invention also consists in parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of an umbrella provided with my improved casing, the umbrella being opened. Fig. 2 is a side view of the umbrella closed before the casing is drawn over the umbrella, the casing being shown in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a side view of the umbrella closed, the casing being drawn over the umbrella, part of the casing being broken away. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View of the casing, the same being folded.

The umbrellaJ A, of any well-known construction, has its stick B extended a greater distance beyond the top of the umbrella than usual, and on the extended part B of the stick a tube, C, is held near the end, the ends of the tube being bent inward and resting against the surface ofthe stick. A rubber washer,

D, is placed on the inner end of the tube C,

and the tube and washer are held in place by pins D. y

The casingis formed of a series of telescoping tubes, E, in the caseshown tive. The smallest tu be E rests snugly against the tube C.

Each tube E is provided at the upper endthat is, at the end nearest the top end of the very closely, so that the umbrella can be used stickwith an internally and externally projecting collar, E, and each tube E is also provided at the opposite end with an external collar, G, with the exception of the outermost tube E,on which such collar is not necessary.

An annular ridge or collar, H, is formed on the tube C.

A disk, J, having its inner side recessed 6o to receive the ends of the ribs K when the umbrella is closed, is held on the stick B at the handle L.

The telescoping tubes E are made of metal, hard rubber, celiuloid, or other suitable material.

The operation is as follows: When the umbrella is in use, the tubes E which are shoved together are above the umbrella, as shown in Fig. l. Vhen the umbrella is closed, the outer tube E is pulled toward the handle, the collarsF of the several tubes engaging with the collars G of the next inner tubes, and thus one tube E pulls down or up the other until the folded umbrella is fully incased in the casing formed ofthe tubes E. The disk J is then pushed down over the end of the tube E nearest the handle, thus closing the end of the casing.

When the umbrella is to be used, the outermost or largest tube E is pushed toward the end of the stick opposite the handle, one tube-section pushingthe other as theinner part of the collar F of each tube engages with the outer collar of the tube E which it surrounds.

The collar H on the tube C prevents push ing the innermost tube E down'or toward the end of the stick too far. When the umbrella is closed, the innermost tube E and the washer D, fitting snugly in the said tube, form a drip-cup for the Water dripping from the umbrella. This ,cup is also formed when the umbrella is surrounded by the casing, as in Fig. 3.

By means of my improved telescopic casing the umbrella can easily be incased, the casing can be removed very rapidly, it is always at hand, and cannot be misplaced or lost, and it holds the umbrellaribs and covering together 21S 2. Calle.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with an umbrella having its stick extended some distance beyond A, 5 the top of the umbrella, ofthe tube G on the projecting collars F at the ends nearest the top of the stick, and the externally-projecting collars G at the opposite ends, substantially 2o as herein show-n and described.

4. The combination, with an umbrella, of the tube O on the stick, the collar H on the tube O, and of the telescoping tubes E, having collars F and G, substantially as herein shown 25 and described.

5. The combination, with the stick B and umbrella A, of the telescopic tubes E and the disk J, held onl the stick at the handle end, substantially as herein shown and described.

ROMEO ERNESTO VGHEZZI.

Vitnesses:

C. SEDG'WIOK, E. M. CLARK. 

